Journal-box.



UNITED STATES JAMES S. PATTEN, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

JOURNAL-B OX.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 5, 1907.

i Application filed December 18. 1906. Serial No. 348,443.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES S. PATTEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Baltimore city, State of Maryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in llournal-Boxes; and l do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to journal boxes, and more particularly to closures therefor, and has lfor its Aobject to provide a journal box having a lid, and means for holding it yieldably in closed position.

Another object is to provide a box in which the holdi ing means will be entirely Covered and thus protectedI against injury.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the following description, and it is to be understood that I do not desire to be limited to the exact details of construction shown and described, for obvious modiications will occur to a person skilled in the art.

In the drawings forming a portion of this specification and in which like numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the several views,

Figure 1 is a partial elevation of the present invention with the lid in open position. Fig. 2 is a section through the enlargement, the core and the spring.

Referring now to the drawings, the present invention comprises a hollow body portion 5 having the usual opening 6 therein at its forward portion, and having formed upon its top 5 a transversely extending hollow enlargement 7 having a chamber 8 therewithin communicating with the interior of the body portion.

Forwardly extending wings 9 are carried by the enlargement 7, and have engaged therein a horizontal pivot pin 10 upon which are pivoted fingers 11 carried by a lid 12 which lies normally in position to close the opening 6, these fingers being curved upwardly and rearwardly from the lid.

A horizontally extending core 13 is located Within the chamber 8 in spaced relation to the walls thereof, and has a horizontal transverse passage 14 formed therein in which is engaged an inwardly turned end portion 15 of a helical spring 16, the spring having its other end turned downwardly and lying at its rearward portion, as shown at 17.

The lid 12 has an inwardly extending eye 18 formed thereupon and in which is engaged an eye 19 formed in an angular rod 20 at the lower end thereof. This rod extends downwardly from the eye 18 and then Vrearwardly and then upwardly, to have its upper end bent into a hook and engaged in an eye formed at the end 17 of the spring. The coiling of this spring is such, that when its end 17 is moved forwardly, it is placed under tension and thus the tendency oi the spring is to hold the lid 12 yieldably in closed position.

, What is claimed is:

l. A journal box comprising a hollow body portion having an opening therein, a lid pivotally suspended to said box, and adapted to normally close said opening, a core carried by the body portion and having a passage therethrough, a torsional spring surrounding said core, and having an end engaged in said passage, and connections between said spring and said lid whereby movement of the latter away from the opening energizes the former.

2. A journal box comprising a hollow body portion having an opening therein, a lid for the opening, a core carried by the body portion and having a passage therein, a spring surrounding the core and having,l an end engaged in the passage, and a member connected with the lid and with the spring for movement to energize the spring when the door is moved out of Closed position.

A journal box comprising a hollow body portion having an opening therein, said box having a hollow enlargement formed upon its top, a core located within the enlargement, said core having a passage therein, a helical spring surrounding the core and having an end engaged in the passage, a lid pivoted for movement into and out of position to close the opening of the box, and a rod connected with the spring and with the lid, said rod being arranged for kmovement with the lid to energize the spring when the lid is moved out of closed position.

In testimony whereof, I atiix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES S. PATTEN.

Witnesses HARRY E. CHANDLEE, GEO. H. CHANDLEE. 

